whisker

Example Sentences

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Stocks are still within a whisker of their all-time highs.

From Barron's

Stocks are still within a whisker of their all-time highs.

From Barron's

When she had licked the last bloodred morsels of borscht from her whiskers, the wolf swept her shining eyes ’round the room.

From Literature

Water dripped from the beast’s whiskered muzzle, and her yellow eyes were dim with fatigue.

From Literature

After two games in the Sheffield Shield, Agar came within a whisker of making his Australia bow on an awful tour of India.

From BBC